Copyright

license

A clear way to define the copyright of your creative work so other people know how it can be used.

creative commons

A kind of copyright that makes it easier for people to copy, share, and build on your creative work, as long as they give you credit for it. Some rights reserved- easier to share online Specific Conditions: Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivative Works, and Share Alike Always give attribution to owner/author

fair use

Can use a limited amount of work for schoolwork, educational purposes, news reporting, criticizing or commenting on something, and comedy/parody. School use- it must stay within the school domain. If it does not, it no longer falls under fair use law. Not profiting from the work Does not change the value of the work Does it pass these tests: ~ Does it have a nonprofit educational purpose? ~ What kind of material do you want to use? ~ Are you using only a small portion? ~ Will your use deprive the author from making money? EXAMPLES: Youtube and Google and karaoki (parody) BUT has to stay within school domain

plagarize

Copying, "lifting" or making slight changes to some or all of someone else's work and saying you wrote it.

Remix/ Mash-up

Editing together clips of video, sound, images, and text by "remixing" or "mashing" different parts together to create something new

attribution

Giving credit to the author

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

Involves downloading software that makes files stored on a personal computer available to others through the Internet People have direct access to one another's computers Used to copy software, songs, and other copyrighted materials Illegal

public domain

Law used to be that work of art became in the public domain after 14 years but then felt that that wasn't enough time for the owner to make money from their work Anyone can use the work...free for anyone to use A work that is not copyrighted A copyrighted work becomes public domain lifetime + 70 years Just because something is on the internet does not mean that it's free

copyright

Original works of art that is protected by law Only the copyright owner has the right to use their work. Can not use without permission from copyright owner if you do you have broken the law. You can copyright text, music, illustrations photographs, motion media, lyrics, music video, You can not copyright an idea, common knowledge, facts, U.S. government documents, public domain, and spontaneous acts of expression. Only lasts for a fixed amount of time To create © symbol key (alt + 0169) on PC and (Option+g) on a Mac (should be this key combination) Just because it is on the Internet does not mean it is free to take Just because the © symbol is not t there, does not mean it is not copyrighted

rework

Reform, reuse, or remix copyrighted work into something else

Piracy

Stealing copyrighted material by downloading or copying it in order to keep, sell, or give it away without permission and without paying Copyright Infringement Illegal can face heavy fines or other legal consequences

copyright infrigement

Unauthorized use of copyrighted materials Illegally using copyrighted works

trademark

word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others.